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PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- India reports lowest Daily New Cases of 1.27 Lakh in 54 days; declining trend in new cases maintained.
- Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 19 successive days; Recovery Rate continues to increase, at 92.09% today.
- Weekly Positivity Rate currently pegged at 8.64%. Daily Positivity Rate dips to 6.62%, less than 10% for 8 consecutive days.
- Testing capacity substantially ramped up- 34.67cr tests total conducted.
- 21.6 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
COVID-19 UPDATE
- India reports lowest Daily New Cases of 1.27 Lakh in 54 days; declining trend in new cases maintained.
- India's Active Caseload further declines to 18,95,520. Below 20 lakhs after 43 days.
- Active Cases decrease by 1,30,572 in last 24 hours.
- 2,55,287 patients recovered during last 24 hours.
- Recoveries continue to outnumber Daily New Cases for 19 successive days.
- Recovery Rate continues to increase, at 92.09% today.
- Weekly Positivity Rate currently pegged at 8.64%. Daily Positivity Rate dips to 6.62%, less than 10% for 8 consecutive days.
- Testing capacity substantially ramped up- 34.67cr tests total conducted.
- 21.6 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723292
More than 23 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
Government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 23 crore vaccine doses  to States/UTs.
Of this, the total consumption, including wastages is 21,51,48,659 doses .
More than 1.57 crore COVID Vaccine doses  are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723314
Under ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package : Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’, a New system of processing of the Insurance claims introduced to streamline the Process
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‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package  Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19’ was launched w.e.f. 30.03.2020 initially for a period of 90 days to provide comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 lakh to all healthcare providers, including community health workers and private health workers drafted by the government for the care of Covid-19 patients and for those who may have come in direct contact of COVID-19 patients and were at risk of being impacted by it. The scheme is being implemented through an Insurance policy from New India Assurance Company . The insurance policy has been extended twice so far.
States and other stakeholders had been raising the matter that the processing of the insurance claims was getting delayed. In order to cut down on these delays and to further streamline and simplify the processing of the insurance claims, it has been decided to start a new system for approval of claims as per which the due diligence will be done by State Governments at the level of District Collector.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723396
Government’s effort to augment domestic production ensured supply-demand balance of COVID 19 treatment drugs
Union Minister Shri D.V Sadananda Gowda today said that consistent efforts of Government to augment domestic production resulted in a stabilised supply-demand balance of COVID treatment drugs across the country.
The Minister informed that total 98.87 lakh vials of Remdesivir were allocated to States, UTs & Central Institutions from 21st April to 30th May 2021. Production of Remdesivir has been ramped up ten times leading to enough supply than the demand. With the accelerated production, we are planning to supply up to 91 lakh vials up to the end of June, he added. He further informed that Cipla has imported 11,000 vials of 400 mg and 50,000 vials of 80 mg of Tocilizumab from April 25-May 30, 2021. In addition, MoHFW received 1002 vials of 400 mg & 50,024 vials of 80 mg via donation in May. Further, 20,000 vials of 80 mg and 1000 vials of 200 mg are likely to arrive in June, he added.
Shri Gowda informed that about 2,70,060 vials of Amphotericin B have been allocated to States/UTs & Central Institutions from 11th May to 30th May 2021. This is in addition to the supplies of 81651 vials that had been made by manufacturers to States in the first week of May. For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723419
Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana receive more than 2000 MT of LMO each from Oxygen Expresses;Assam receives its fourth Oxygen Express with 80 MT of LMO
Indian Railways is continuing its journey of bringing relief by delivering Liquid Medical Oxygen to various states across the country. So far, Indian Railways has delivered more than 22916 MT of LMO in more than 1357 tankers to various states across the country.
It may be noted that 334 Oxygen Expresses have completed their journey so far and brought relief to various States.
Southern States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana received more than 2000 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen each from Oxygen Expresses.
Assam received its fourth Oxygen Express with 80 MT of Liquid Medical Oxygen in 4 tankers.
It is worth mentioning that Oxygen Expresses started their deliveries 38 days back on 24th April in Maharashtra with a load of 126 MT.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723411
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, “Flexi ” attendance option has been further extended till June 15, in view of the current COVID pandemic situation
Chairing a meeting of senior officers of Department of Personnel & Training , Union Minister of State  Development of North Eastern Region , MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the “Flexi ” attendance option has been further extended till June 15, in view of the current COVID pandemic situation. This is in continuation of an earlier order providing for the flexy attendance in the offices. Prior to that, the offices were expected to function on a pattern of 50% attendance.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723445
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurates the 270 Bedded Oxygenated COVID Care Centre at JSPL, Angul, Odisha
Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today dedicated the COVID Care Centre at Jindal Steel & Power Ltd  Plant Angul, Odisha in the presence of Odisha Health & Family Welfare Minister Shri Naba Kisore Das and JSPL’s Chairman Shri Naveen Jindal. Sambalpur MP Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb, Chhendipada MLA Shri Susanta Kumar Behera, state Government and JSPL officials were also present on the occasion.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723408
CSIR-CMERI, MSME DI, Indore, Indian Medical Association and Laghu Udhyog Bharti converge for empowering MSMEs for an Oxygen Sufficient India
Towards its efforts for empowering the MSMEs for an Oxygen Sufficient India, a webinar was organised on ‘Oxygen Enrichment Unit - Opportunities & Scope for Indian MSMEs’ by the MSME Development Institute, Indore in association with Laghu Udhyog Bharti, MP; Indian Medical Association, MP and Inclusive Growth foundation. Prof.  Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, Durgapur was invited as the Key Speaker. Shri B. C. Sahu, Jt. Director, MSME, DI, Indore; Shri Gaurav Goel, Asstt. Director, MSME DI Indore, Shri Mahesh Gupta, President, Laghu Udhyog Bharti, MP; Dr. Anoop Nigam, President, IMA MP; Dr. Arvind Jain, IMA, MP together with around 100 stakeholders including those from the medical fraternity participated in the programme.
For details: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1723435
INPUTS FROM PIB FIELD UNITS
Kerala: State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that one crore people will be vaccinated in the state by next month. Vaccination of people above 45 years of age is nearing completion in many districts. For those under 45, jabs for priority sections are also nearing completion. This will be completed once the vaccine is obtained. The state has asked Centre for more vaccines. Meanwhile, the TPR in the state dropped below 15% after 45 days on Monday as it recorded 12,300 new Covid-19 cases from 89,345 samples tested. The death toll due to the disease rose to 8,815 after confirming 174 more deaths. A total of 95,09,831 people has so far been vaccinated in the state. Out of this, 74,29,230 had first dose and 20,80,601 second dose.
Tamil Nadu: TN promoted students studying in classes studying in classes I to VIII. Tamil Nadu is expecting vaccine supply from the Union government as its current stock of around five lakh doses will get exhausted by Tuesday, Minister for Medical and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian said on Monday. Five patients including three from Tamil Nadu succumbed to black fungus infection in hospitals in the Union territory of Puducherry so far. The Centre has allocated 600 doses of Amphotericin B to Tamil Nadu. The State on Monday registered 27,936 new cases, and the total number of infections has touched 20,96,516. A total of 478 more deaths were reported on Monday in the State There are a total of 3,01,781 active cases of Covid-19 in the State. The TN health department has said that a total of 1,62,375 people were vaccinated yesterday in the state. Till date 90,94,255 have been vaccinated across TN, of which 70,61,570 received first dose and 20,32,685 received second dose.
Karnataka: New Cases Reported: 16,604; Total Active Cases: 3,13,730; New Covid Deaths: 411; Total Covid Deaths: 29,090. Around 1,77,637 were vaccinated yesterday with a total of 1,36,17,575 have been vaccinated in the state till now. Gaurav Gupta, Chief Commissioner of BBMP, said that the Covid vaccine will be administered by the mobile unit at the workplace for frontline workers aged between 18 and 44 in various categories in the city. Less than four thousand cases of Covid infection were reported in the Bangalore city after 55 days on Monday, with 3992 people infected. Expanding the list of preferential groups for Covid-19 vaccination, the Karnataka government on Monday declared that students and working professionals travelling overseas for employment will be provided with vaccine from June 1.
Andhra Pradesh: State reported 7943 new Covid-19 cases after testing 83,461 samples with 98 deaths, while 19,845 got discharged during the last 24 hours. Total cases: 16,93,085; Active cases: 1,53,795; Discharges: 15,28,360; Deaths: 10,930. A total of 98,63,347 doses of Covid vaccine have been administered in the state as on yesterday, which include 73,50,968 first doses and 25,12,379 second doses. The positivity rate has now come down to 9.5 per cent. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to vaccinate students going abroad for studies and also to those who are going abroad on work visa providing them a certificate from the government that they were vaccinated. Meanwhile, 14 out of 1179 people infected with black fungus have died and 97 recovered in the state while, 1068 patients are undergoing treatment in various hospitals for black fungus.
Telangana: Health Department has revoked Covid treatment permission for six more hospitals in the state for collecting exorbitant charges for treatment and violating Covid treatment protocol. As part of its special vaccination drive to inoculate high risk groups first, the State Health Department decided to vaccinate Auto and Cab drivers from 3rd of this month. Due to the Covid pandemic, the State Government has extended summer holidays for schools till June 15. As many as 2,524 new daily cases and 18 fatalities were reported in the state yesterday taking the total number of cases to 5,78,351 and fatalities to 3281. The number of Active Cases in the state now stands at 34,083. The recovery rate in the state is reported to be at 93.53 percent against the national average of 91.6 percent.
Maharashtra: With Covid-19 cases on a steady decline, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation on Monday allowed non-essential shops to function between 7 am to 2 pm on alternate days from Monday to Friday for the next 15 days. Maharashtra on Monday reported 15,077 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest since March 15, taking the caseload to 57,46,892, while 184 more deaths pushed the toll to 95,344. As many as 33,000 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, pushing the number of recovered cases to 53,95,370. The state now has 2,53,367 active cases. Meanwhile, Mumbai city reported 666 new cases and 29 deaths, taking its tally to 7,05,288 and the toll to 14,826.
Gujarat: Gujarat on Monday reported 1,681 new Covid cases and 18 deaths. This tally was the lowest in 71 days, whereas the mortality rate was the lowest for 55 days. For cities, the Covid tally reduced further with at least one and a half times more discharges than the number of new cases.
Gujarat on Monday administered 2 lakh shots of Covid vaccines, of which 1.66 lakh were first shots. The state government has decided to give vaccination on priority to students who are going abroad for higher education.
Rajasthan: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has issued guidelines to start the "unlock" process and eased certain restrictions from Wednesday as cases of the coronavirus disease  have come down in the state. However, exemption for various activities will be given only in areas where the positivity rate is less than 10 per cent or the use of oxygen, intensive care unit  and ventilator beds is less than 60 per cent, Ashok Gehlot has said.
Rajasthan recorded 68 Covid-19 deaths and 1,498 new cases on Monday, taking the total number of fatalities and case tally to 8,385 and 9,39,958 respectively.
Madhya Pradesh: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Monday that the ongoing ‘corona curfew’ in the state has been extended till June 15 but certain relaxations will be given in order to revive the economy. The COVID-19 tally in Madhya Pradesh rose to 7,80,030 on Monday with the addition of 1,205 new cases, while 48 more deaths pushed the fatality count to 8,067. It is after a gap of over two months that less than 1,300 coronavirus cases have been reported in a day in Madhya Pradesh, indicating that the second COVID-19 wave is on the wane. The number of active cases in the state stands at 23,390.
Chhattisgarh: The Chhattisgarh Government on Monday extended the lockdown, which was scheduled to end on May 31, and said that it will continue with some relaxation in restrictions in those districts where the COVID-19 case positivity rate is less than five per cent.
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 count rose to 9,71,463 on Monday with the addition of 2,163 fresh cases, while the death toll increased to 13,048 after 32 more patients succumbed to the infection. The number of recoveries reached 9,22,674. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 35,741.
Goa: The Covid-19 positivity rate in Goa has now come down to 19 per cent as against 51 per cent a month back. Dr Shivanand Bandekar, head of the state's expert committee on COVID-19 has said that till last week, the coastal state reported a total of 12 cases of mucormycosis, and since then there has been no fresh case of the black fungus infection.
The Goa government has decided to expand the definition of frontline workers to make taxi drivers, motorcycle pilots as well as seafarers eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine.
Assam: In Assam, COVID-19 positivity rate dropped below 4 in the State even as 4,348 new infections were detected from 1,11,586 tests. The positivity rate was 3.90. Kamrup Metro saw 384 new cases. Casualties in the state in the last 24 hours were 65.
From June 1, 2021, medical teams will start visiting every household in the 28,149 villages across the state to track and break the COVID-19 chain.
As many as 304 gaon panchayat, village council development committees and village development councils of Assam remain COVID free and no infections have been reported from those places so far.
Manipur: Manipur crosses 50 thousand mark with 869 more cases. 14 more succumb to take death tally to 807 in the State. Manipur Chief Minister said that will not allow detractors to sabotage the collective fight against the pandemic. DCs, CMOs advised to intensify vaccination.
Meghalaya: Meghalaya is now witnessing a decline in the number of fresh cases daily while the recovery rate has been climbing steadily since last week. For the fourth straight day, the number of recoveries overshadowed the new cases. 408 new cases were detected in the state on Monday as against 977 recoveries, a new record.
Gujarat: State registered 117 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths during the last 24 hours. Active cases are 4934 while tally reaches 21,680. Mokokchung oxygen plant installed under PM Cares Fund cleared for use but not yet operational. Connection of oxygen pipelines to 50 Covid beds completed on May 30.
Tripura: The State tops in the country with highest number of vaccination for the population above 45 informed education minister of Tripura in a press meet in Agartala. Further the infection rate is also declining in the state. Positivity rate has come down to 2.51%. While West Tripura district which was having highest positivity rate in the state has also shown declining trend with positivity rate of 3.12.
Sikkim:. 146 new cases detected in the past 24 hours to take the State’s tally of confirmed cases to 15,317 on Monday. This is a substantial lowering given that earlier this week Sikkim broke the 400-mark and had many days of 300-plus daily cases. While the drop in daily cases is reassuring, fatalities continue to remain a worry and Sikkim’s COVID death toll reached 253 with three more COVID patients succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours.
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